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like
shit. I put the soup aside.
    “So how are you
doing?” I ask.
    “I am doing fine.
What about yourself?”
    “Except the head
pain, I am alright.”
    “You want to ask
something?”
    “Yea, actually, I
thought we didn’t have the chance to sit down and chat a little. We use to find
some time to chat every three days.”
    “I forget about it. I
am still thinking about Dr. Akio.”
    “Me too.” I say
quickly and look away. After I started dating Lily, I didn’t have the luxury to
have casual chat with Bertha. Lily was a jealous girl and she didn’t even like
to see me talk with other girls. Bertha understands that and she only talks
with me when it comes to business.
    “You know, I was
thinking the other day to pay you back the money I borrowed for the wedding
ring. Was it 400 or 600?”
    “Ah... I don’t really
remember the exact number. Let’s deal with it when we finish this mission.” She
gives me that sweet smile of hers.
    “Sure.” I never
borrowed money from her for the ring. Lock lent me 1200 dollars and I haven’t
paid him back.
    “You know, your
parents will be so proud of you. What is your mother’s name again? I remember
it is Anita, right?”
    “Right. I am quite
sure she will be.”
    “Good. Good.” I let
out a silent sigh. I remember Bertha once told me she made a mistake when she
filled in the forms for ESA. Her mother’s name is Anika and her aunt’s name is
Anita. She even joked that she loved her aunt more than her mom.
    I yank back and push
the spoon off the table.
    “How clumsy of me!
Can you get me another spoon?” I ask using my softest voice.
    “Sure.” Bertha stands
up and walks to the cabinet.
    I quickly pour some
soup into her water. It gets a little murky, but one has to look hard to notice
that.
    She comes back with a
spoon.
    “Thanks. You see, I
am doing all the talking here. Usually you are the talking one.” I say while
taking over the spoon.
    “It’s just I have a
lot of things in my mind. I am a little—”
    “Nervous. That
sometimes happens to me as well. Drink some water. It usually helps.”
    Bertha smiles and
takes a sip. Then her face changes right away as if someone is choking her. She
falls from the chair, her eyes staring at me, her hands quivering. Now I think
she knows what I did.
    “I thought it just
tasted awful.” I say slowly.
    She wants to say
something, but couldn’t utter a word. Now she is changing, her body shrinking,
her arms extending, her head swelling sideway. Her five fingers on each hand
are morphing into four long fingers with dozens of suckers on each finger; her
eyes red, her nose gone, her skin bluish.
    “So this is what you
look like.” I murmur in a rather calm tone.
    Still trembling, she
starts to change back to human form. After back and forth between human and
alien forms several times, it finally stops at the human form.
    I carefully stick my
head out of the kitchen door. No one in the corridor. I go back to the table,
remove the water and leave the soup as it is. For a second, I am thinking wipe
off my finger prints, but I give up that idea. My crew can show up in any
minute. I need to get out of here.
    When I run back to my
cabin, a brilliant idea starts to surface in my brain. This will save the
trouble of memory tests.
    Now I know there were
at least three of them. Apparently they are messing with my food, but why? They
are trying to poison me? I have been eating that shit for three days. They
couldn’t find a better poison?
    “Commander?
Commander?” Roy’s voice from intercom breaks my thought.
    “Yes.”
    “We need you at
medical bay.”
    “On my way.”
    Please don’t tell me
Lily is awake.
    In the medical bay,
all my crews are standing around one bed, but not Lily’s bed. They are talking
something I can’t really hear. When I get close enough, they stop and open a
path for me. Now I see Bertha lying on a bed. It will be interesting to see her
real form.
    “Now at least Lily
has a company.” I